This Day In Wrestling History – April 13th

1994 – Jesse Ventura was awarded $809,958 in video tape royalties & $8,625 in merchandising royalties by a St. Paul, Minnesota court stemming from a lawsuit against the WWF. Ventura had argued he wasn’t compensated for the use of his likeness in 90 WWF home videos when other performers, such as Hulk Hogan, André the Giant, Mr. T, & Cyndi Lauper, had been. Ventura had also never signed any contract indemnifying the WWF from paying him for his commentary work

2011 – Yuji Nagata won the AJPW Champion’s Carnival, defeating Seiya Sanada in the final

Events

In 1990, The U.S./Japan Wrestling Summit was held at the Tokyo Dome, in Tokyo, Japan. This was a joint event featuring talent from All Japan & the WWF. With an attendance of 53,742:

In 2009, the WWE held is WWE Draft live on Monday Night Raw at the Philips Arena, in Atlanta Georgia. It was held over 2 days with the supplemental draft being held 2 days later on 4/15 on WWE.com. With the following draft picks being made.

– MVP was drafted to Raw
– The Big Show was drafted to Raw
– Melina was drafted to Smackdown
– Matt Hardy was drafted to Raw
– Triple H was drafted to Raw
– CM Punk was drafted to Smackdown
– The Miz was drafted to Raw
– Kane was drafted to Smackdown
– Chris Jericho was drafted to Smackdown
– Vladimir Kozlov was drafted to ECW
– Maryse was drafted to Raw
– Rey Mysterio Jr. was drafted to Smackdown

Title Changes

1931 – Ed ‘Strangler’ Lewis defeated Ed Don George to win the World Heavyweight Title

1995 – Bobby Blaze defeated Killer Kyle to win the SMW Television Title. He would be the last champion before the promotion closed, though the title had been abandoned months before

1996 – Jesse James Armstrong wins a Battle Royal to become the 1st USWA Television Champion

2000 – Taz defeated Mike Awesome to win the ECW World Title

2001 – Bruce Hart defeated Principal Richard Pound to win the Stampede North American Heavyweight Title in Calgary, Alberta

2001 – Steve Corino defeated Rodney Begnaud (Rodney Mack) to win the vacant NWA North American Heavyweight Title in North Richland Hills, Texas. The title had been vacated when Mike Rapada won the NWA World Heavyweight Title in September

2002 – The WWF Hardcore Title 24/7 Rule saw the belt pass from Bubba Ray Dudley to William Regal, to Spike Dudley, to Goldust & back to Bubba